Example: The following example creates a date time bar chart and creates a numeric xaxis label.
import com.cete.dynamicpdf.Document; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.Page; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.*; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.axes.*; import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.charting.series.*; import java.util.Calendar; public class MyClass { public static void main(String args[]) { // Create a PDF Document Document document = new Document(); // Create a Page and add it to the document Page page = new Page(); document.getPages().add(page); // Create a chart Chart chart = new Chart(0, 0, 400, 200); // Get the default plot area from the chart PlotArea plotArea = chart.getPrimaryPlotArea(); // Create header titles and add it to the chart Title title1 = new Title("Website Visitors"); Title title2 = new Title("Year - 2007"); chart.getHeaderTitles().add(title1); chart.getHeaderTitles().add(title2); // Create a Date time yAxis DateTimeYAxis yAxis = new DateTimeYAxis(); // Create positions Calendar p0=Calendar.getInstance(); p0.set(2007,1,1); Calendar p1=Calendar.getInstance(); p1.set(2007,2,1); Calendar p2=Calendar.getInstance(); p2.set(2007,3,1); Calendar p3=Calendar.getInstance(); p3.set(2007,4,1); // Create a numeric xAxis and add labels to it NumericXAxis xAxis = new NumericXAxis(); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("0", 0)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("1", 1)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("2", 2)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("3", 3)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("4", 4)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("5", 5)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("6", 6)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("7", 7)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("8", 8)); xAxis.getLabels().add(new NumericXAxisLabel("9", 9)); // Create a date time bar series and add values to it DateTimeBarSeries barSeries1 = new DateTimeBarSeries("Website A", xAxis, yAxis); barSeries1.getValues().add(5, p0); barSeries1.getValues().add(7, p1); barSeries1.getValues().add(9, p2); barSeries1.getValues().add(6, p3); DateTimeBarSeries barSeries2 = new DateTimeBarSeries("Website B", xAxis, yAxis); barSeries2.getValues().add(4, p0); barSeries2.getValues().add(2, p1); barSeries2.getValues().add(5, p2); barSeries2.getValues().add(8, p3); DateTimeBarSeries barSeries3 = new DateTimeBarSeries("Website C", xAxis, yAxis); barSeries3.getValues().add(2, p0); barSeries3.getValues().add(4, p1); barSeries3.getValues().add(6, p2); barSeries3.getValues().add(9, p3); // Add bar series to the plot area plotArea.getSeries().add(barSeries1); plotArea.getSeries().add(barSeries2); plotArea.getSeries().add(barSeries3); // Create a title and add it to the YAxis Title title3 = new Title("Viewers (in millions)"); xAxis.getTitles().add(title3); // Set label list format for the axislabels barSeries1.getYAxis().setLabelFormat("MMM"); // Add the chart to the page page.getElements().add(chart); // Save the PDF document.draw("[PhysicalPath]/MyDocument.pdf" ); } }